Roman Catholics Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/roman-catholics Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:08:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Map Of Germany Switzerland Austria http://travelsfinders.com/map-of-germany-switzerland-austria.html http://travelsfinders.com/map-of-germany-switzerland-austria.html#respond Thu, 08 Nov 2018 10:12:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=261349 Joseph II was an enlightened despot that sought to make legal, economic, educational and ecclesiastical reforms. He established a free press. He tried to recruit the best scholars and scientists for the University of Vienna that was no longer under the control of the Church. He established national training colleges for priest and limited the authority of bishops. He established the Edict of Toleration in 1781 which gave Lutherans, Calvinists and Orthodox Christians almost equal status with Roman Catholics. Measures that restricted the Jews were removed. During 1780 and 1790 he closed most of the monasteries only allowing the ones

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